RARE! BLU-RAY MURIEL Film 1994 by Paul John Hogan with Toni Colette NEW

  

Film by Paul John Hogan with Toni Colette. French edition in French language. Written and directed by Hogan, whose screenplay incorporates certain events from his own life, entrusted the main roles to the actresses.

Both relatively unknown at the time. Will be nominated for this film in. Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy. Film Critics Circle of Australia Award. And the AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actress. The film's global success helped propel the careers of the director and the two actresses. Muriel Heslop, a young, overweight, and insecure girl, is the subject of mockery by Tania, Cheryl, Janine, and Nicole, her selfish and superficial friends. She spends her time listening to songs from the band. And dreams of getting married to leave Porpoise Spit. Where she lives with Bill, her autocratic and corrupt politician father who constantly belittles Betty, his wife, and their five children. Muriel attends Tania and Chook's wedding, during which she sees Chook and Nicole making love in a.

Dianne, one of the guests and a store detective, calls the police upon seeing Muriel, who is wearing a stolen dress, and is escorted out of the reception. Supposedly by Bill, Deidre Chambers, hires Muriel at her. While Muriel's friends kick her out of their group after telling her she won't be going on vacation with them to a. To sell, but Muriel uses it to withdraw $12,000 from her parents' bank account and go on vacation. There, Muriel meets Rhonda Epinstall, a former high school acquaintance, and they quickly form a friendship, cemented when Rhonda dares to reveal to Tania the.

Of her husband with Nicole. Muriel returns home where her mother confronts her about the stolen money. Where she shares an apartment with Rhonda under the name "Mariel." She finds a job at the. And meets Brian Nobes, a clumsy but kind young man, whom she dates for a while.

One night, Rhonda collapses, apparently. Muriel calls home and learns that her father is under investigation for. And undergoes numerous operations that eventually leave her. Muriel promises Rhonda to take care of her and never go back to Porpoise Spit, and uses her health condition to avail herself of the services of numerous bridal shops, where she tries on. In which she takes pictures of herself to imagine her dream. When Rhonda learns what Muriel has done, the two friends argue. Desperate, Muriel gets involved in a setup to marry David Van Arkle, a. So he can join the Australian team at the next. For the sum of $10,000. At the wedding, Muriel has chosen Tania, Cheryl, and Janine as.

Rhonda, disgusted by Muriel's behavior, refuses to be one. Bill openly introduces Deidre as his partner and Betty arrives late to the wedding, unable to afford. Muriel doesn't notice her. Rhonda returns to live in her mother's house, unable to live alone without.

In Porpoise Spit, Betty's mental state deteriorates, and she steals a pair of. Bill makes sure the charges are dropped and announces his intention to.

To marry Deidre when Betty asks for his help. Betty is later found dead by Joanie, her daughter.

As the cause of death, but Joanie reveals to Muriel that their mother. When Muriel breaks down in tears at her mother's funeral, David comforts her and they finally consummate their marriage. Her mother's death forces Muriel to reconsider her priorities and she tells David that she can't stay married to him: their union is loveless and she doesn't want to lie anymore. Bill asks Muriel to help raise his siblings, as Deidre is less likely to marry him now that he has the children in his care and is out of a job. Muriel faces him, gives him $5,000, and tells him she will repay the rest of the stolen money when she finds a job in Sydney.

Impressing her father with her newfound, more assertive personality, she asks him to stop verbally abusing his children. Muriel goes to Rhonda's, where Muriel's old friends are visiting, and asks her to return to Sydney.

Rhonda agrees and the two friends head to the airport, leaving Porpoise Spit behind for a more promising future. FAST, TRACKED, AND CAREFUL DELIVERY.